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Chemosphere
H-index 150

Chemosphere

0045-6535

Published by: Elsevier

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/chemosphere

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 10 1201 2976 102
Chemistry 14 1526 3888 120

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 4744
Documents by Best Scientists*: 8186
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 119
SCIMAGO H-index: 329
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.896
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Chemosphere?

The journal investigates studies in Environmental chemistry, Environmental engineering, Adsorption, Chromatography and Inorganic chemistry. The journal holds forums on Environmental chemistry that merges themes from other disciplines such as Soil water, Soil contamination, Contamination, Pollutant and Sediment. The journal explores issues in Adsorption which can be linked to other research areas like Chemical engineering and Nuclear chemistry.

In particular, the Chromatography works presented emphasize discussions on Gas chromatography. The studies on Inorganic chemistry discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Catalysis and Aqueous solution.

  • Environmental chemistry (31.71%)
  • Environmental engineering (8.35%)
  • Adsorption (7.58%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Antibiotics in the aquatic environment - A review - Part II (2861 citations)
  • Occurrence, fate and effects of pharmaceutical substances in the environment- A review (2716 citations)
  • An overview of brominated flame retardants in the environment. (2393 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Chemosphere:

The most cited articles mainly tackle studies in Environmental chemistry, Environmental engineering, Inorganic chemistry, Soil contamination and Soil water. In addition to Environmental chemistry research, the published articles aim to explore topics under Contamination, Persistent organic pollutant, Pollutant, Sediment and Pollution. The Inorganic chemistry research discussed in the most cited papers can contribute to the expansion of the discourse in closely related subjects like

  • Adsorption that intertwine with fields like Chromatography,
  • Aqueous solution together with Nuclear chemistry..

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Environmental chemistry, Chemical engineering, Adsorption, Nuclear chemistry and Degradation (geology) are the focal point of discussions in the journal. In it, Pollutant, Soil water, Contamination, Environmental remediation and Pollution are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Environmental chemistry research. Chemical engineering study tackled is connected to the field of Photocatalysis.

Topics in Photocatalysis explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Photochemistry and Visible spectrum. Adsorption research featured in Chemosphere incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Wastewater, Specific surface area, Biochar and Aqueous solution. Topics in Degradation (geology) were tackled in line with various other fields like Radical and Catalysis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Progress and challenges of contaminate removal from wastewater using microalgae biomass. (10 citations)
  • The potential risks of herbicide butachlor to immunotoxicity via induction of autophagy and apoptosis in the spleen. (4 citations)
  • Thiourea-functionalized graphene aerogel for the aqueous phase sensing of toxic Pb(II) metal ions and H2O2 (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Chemosphere (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Friedhelm Korte (120 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John P. Giesy (92 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Guangming Zeng (85 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Antonius Kettrup (84 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jingwen Chen (79 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Chemosphere (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (1807 papers) published 49 papers at the last edition, 159 less than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (501 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 16 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing University (477 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 21 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency (406 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhejiang University (403 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 34 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2022 edition, 1.68% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.74% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.75% of all publications and 70.51% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Adsorption isotherm models: Classification, physical meaning, application and solving method

    Jianlong Wang;Xuan Guo

    (2020)
    2069 Citations
  • Occurrence and toxicity of antibiotics in the aquatic environment: A review.

    Pavla Kovalakova;Leslie Cizmas;Thomas J. McDonald;Blahoslav Marsalek

    (2020)
    1342 Citations
  • Effective water/wastewater treatment methodologies for toxic pollutants removal: Processes and applications towards sustainable development.

    A. Saravanan;P. Senthil Kumar;S. Jeevanantham;S. Karishma

    (2021)
    1184 Citations
  • Critical review of advanced oxidation processes in organic wastewater treatment.

    Dengsheng Ma;Huan Yi;Cui Lai;Xigui Liu

    (2021)
    852 Citations
  • Biochar technology in wastewater treatment: A critical review.

    Wei Xiang;Xueyang Zhang;Xueyang Zhang;Jianjun Chen;Weixin Zou

    (2020)
    784 Citations
  • Isotherm models for adsorption of heavy metals from water - A review.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    690 Citations
  • A review of metal organic framework (MOFs)-based materials for antibiotics removal via adsorption and photocatalysis.

    Chunyan Du;Zhuo Zhang;Guanlong Yu;Haipeng Wu

    (2021)
    521 Citations

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